The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide CCI funding in the amount of $350,000 to the USDA, Forest Service, Region 5, Remote Sensing Laboratory to leverage existing datasets and test future forecasting computer models on the TSCI landscape, the impacts of management activities, and the growth and mortality impacts of drought and fire within TCSI forests. Researchers will use existing TCSI LiDAR to develop a fine-scale above-ground forest carbon data layer by small watershed, including how much of that carbon is in various size classes of trees.

Location

Reserach within the Tahoe National Forest and Eldorado National Forest.

Notice of Exemption

Exempt Status

Categorical Exemption

Type, Section or Code

Section 15306

Reasons for Exemption

See NOE for full details.
Project consists of basic data collection, research, and resource evaluation activities that do not involve physical alterations to the environment and will not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource.